James Bruce PotterAge: 87 years1874–1962
- Name
- James Bruce Potter
- Given names
- James Bruce
- Surname
- Potter
 Birth | June 18, 1874 33 35 |
 Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 3 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
 Religious marriage | Flora Dell Whitlow — View this family October 21, 1896 (Age 22 years) Address: Ish Whitlow home |
 Birth of a daughter#1 | Ora Bell Potter July 28, 1897 (Age 23 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 23 years)Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | Octa Potter October 8, 1898 (Age 24 years) |
 Census | June 10, 1900 (Age 25 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #3 | Nettie May Potter August 5, 1903 (Age 29 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #4 | Vinita Francis Potter June 14, 1906 (Age 31 years) |
| Death of a mother | Mary Frances Bruce January 7, 1908 (Age 33 years) |
| Census | April 26, 1910 (Age 35 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Leslie Howe Burd — Ora Bell Potter — View this family Type: Religious marriage August 5, 1914 (Age 40 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | Marjorie Juanita Burd August 3, 1915 (Age 41 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 41 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Marriage of a child | William Lewis Strickfaden — Octa Potter — View this family Type: Religious marriage February 12, 1918 (Age 43 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 42 years)Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I |
| Historical Event | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918 (Age 43 years)Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/ |
| Census | January 9, 1920 (Age 45 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Charles McClellan “Charlie” Shemwell — Vinita Francis Potter — View this family February 1, 1922 (Age 47 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #2 | James William Mercer January 4, 1923 (Age 48 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #3 | Glenva Belle Burd March 6, 1923 (Age 48 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #4 | Theola Strickfaden July 28, 1924 (Age 50 years) Note: 1919? |
| Birth of a grandson #5 | Hubert Potter “Hoot” Shemwell October 27, 1924 (Age 50 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #6 | Robert Leslie Burd May 1, 1926 (Age 51 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #7 | Emma Lee Strickfaden October 23, 1926 (Age 52 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #8 | Jack Boyd Mercer May 20, 1927 (Age 52 years) |
| Death of a father | Jacob Potter December 11, 1928 (Age 54 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 55 years)Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression |
| Census | April 8, 1930 (Age 55 years) |
| Census | April 3, 1940 (Age 65 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 67 years)Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 75 years)Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War |
| Death of a wife | Flora Dell Whitlow November 19, 1959 (Age 85 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 71 years)Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War |
 Death | May 15, 1962 (Age 87 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Peninsula Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Jacob Potter Birth: November 15, 1840 — Missouri, United States Death: December 11, 1928 — Cooper, Missouri, United States |
| mother |
Mary Frances Bruce Birth: August 4, 1838 — Missouri, United States Death: January 7, 1908 — Missouri, United States |
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Marriage: — |
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| himself |
James Bruce Potter Birth: June 18, 1874 33 35 — Missouri, United States Death: May 15, 1962 — Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, United States |
| Family with Flora Dell Whitlow |
| himself |
James Bruce Potter Birth: June 18, 1874 33 35 — Missouri, United States Death: May 15, 1962 — Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, United States |
| wife |
Flora Dell Whitlow Birth: July 6, 1880 24 18 — Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: November 19, 1959 — Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, United States |
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Marriage: October 21, 1896 — Blackwater, Cooper, Missouri, United States |
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9 months daughter |
Ora Bell Potter Birth: July 28, 1897 23 17 — Missouri, United States Death: September 10, 1962 — Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, United States |
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14 months daughter |
Octa Potter Birth: October 8, 1898 24 18 — Blackwater, Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: April 21, 1979 — Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States |
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5 years daughter |
Nettie May Potter Birth: August 5, 1903 29 23 — Blackwater, Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: February 3, 1997 — Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, United States |
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3 years daughter |
Vinita Francis Potter Birth: June 14, 1906 31 25 — Blackwater, Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: April 26, 2006 — Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, United States |
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| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - James Bruce Potter - Household
Blackwater, Cooper, Missouri
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - James Bruce Potter - Household
Blackwater, Cooper, Missouri
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - James Bruce Potter - Household
Blackwater, Cooper, Missouri
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - James Bruce Potter - Household
Blackwater, Cooper, Missouri
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| Census | 1940 United States - Census transcript - James Bruce Potter - Household
Blackwater, Cooper, Missouri
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